Nah I agree with you man, way too soft. I think I over estimated my final off-season calories and so my calories were a little too high for the first month of dieting, especially my starches, so I’ve been playing catch-up ever since. I think I will look pretty good this year but I doubt I will have the conditioning or finish I did last year, so I don’t know if Ill be winning anything. Disappointing but I guess its a good lesson.
These pictures were 5 weeks out, this one is a little over 3 weeks.
Right now Im very weak and am lifting only what my diet will allow me to, in the off season:
Bench press 365 for 6 reps or so
Have not done back squats in a while because of a knee issue but front squatting 315 for 2-3 reps
Deadlift 495 for 3-4 reps
well bro, I realise you are a novice at this thing, and what your are doing is fantastic, however keep in mind where you are right now is the absolute fattest i’ve ever been off season :(… That’s to say your conditioning is bad, but once again you are a novice at this… which is perfectly fine.
If bodybuilding is something you enjoy and wish to continue…and you want to win at the higher levels, try and hold your condition following the show, and create a new set-point for yourself… then diet from this BF% into your next show.
This is my opinion as I am not in the camp who believes one must ‘bulk’ or get fat in the offseason to maximize growth.
For only 2 years in on the compedative side of things, and only being 20, you look like your doing pretty damn good. I would focus more on bringing the legs up to par because it was the first thing I noticed. Back width is pretty impressive though.
Prisoner:
You are right, I was not at all satisfied with my conditioning this year. I made some errors in my preparation and paid for them on stage. I am happy with the year in total though, I learned a lot and feel I have a really solid plan set out for the coming off season. Thanks for your input man, it’s good to have some one of your caliber offering advice.
Made top 5, finished 4th. I had the size, just lacked the finish that the top 3 had.
[quote]TommyT11 wrote:
Prisoner:
You are right, I was not at all satisfied with my conditioning this year. I made some errors in my preparation and paid for them on stage. I am happy with the year in total though, I learned a lot and feel I have a really solid plan set out for the coming off season. Thanks for your input man, it’s good to have some one of your caliber offering advice.
Made top 5, finished 4th. I had the size, just lacked the finish that the top 3 had. [/quote]
Good job man.
I wish you the best of luck going forward.
Do you have stage pics? (assuming you want to share that is…)
